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*Clarification: If council approves the program, organic waste collection would not commence until 2017, however, because MSI funding will not be used to purchase the bins (like it was for recycling containers) a fee will begin in 2016 to reflect the need to purchase the organic waste bins.

The Boys and Girls Club of Cochrane and Area is inviting the public to take part in its Capitol One Race for Kids to help support its efforts aimed at “the healthy social, emotional and physical development of young people.

Could you make $170 a minute? Chances are, not. But the Cochrane chapter of 100 Women Who Care were able to raise just over $10,000 in about an hour.

A Cochrane-based paramedic is being recognized for his quick thinking that helped bring home an elderly woman living with dementia who wandered from her home.

The afternoon of May 24 proved to be a busy one for emergency responders in Cochrane, with two simultaneous incidents that impacted traffic flow through the intersection at Hwy 1A and 22 for about two hours. At around 2:20 p.m.

Morley Community School (MCS) students are pedaling hard this spring season, as they continue their adventures with ‘Two Wheel View’, a grassroots cycling group that facilitates leadership and health and wellness opportunities for youth through the p

The 20th annual Branches and Banks tree planting and watershed cleanup will take place along the banks in Cochrane May 29-30.

A workshop held by the Cochrane Environmental Action Committee (CEAC) on May 23 resulted in a higher turnout than anticipated and a positive reception from the industry, community and municipality stakeholders who were in attendance.

The Ghost Watershed Alliance Society (GWAS) will be hosting an open house this May 30 and locals with photos and stories relating to the Ghost-Waiparous Watershed are encouraged to attend.

Two simultaneous motor vehicle incidents that caused major congestion at the intersection at Hwy 1A and 22 last Sunday struck some concerns over the current single access in and out of Sunset Ridge, with respect to emergency services access.